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Coach James Hird - is it time to give him a second chance at coaching an AFL club? Gil says yes!
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I think Hird is above coaching now. Would love to see him take on an executive role at the AFL so that he can start cleaning up the corrupt league from the inside.
Even if he did he would still get abused so it wouldn't make a difference people need to let the bloke move on with his life.
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Why would he come back?
This bit though isn't taking responsibility
If Hird owned up to what happened immiedately then Essendon would have probably got a ban similar to Cronulla's and it would have all been over within a year. It was only Hird, Thompson and a few others who refused to accept responsibility and tried to fight things all the way that drew out the saga into something that lasted years. Hird was responsible for the years of stress and 12 month ban the players went through, but in the article you quoted he still seems to believe that it was other people who caused those players pain. It was all on him.
According to Hird his only crime was trusting too much. That is as see through as when a interviewer asks a potential employee what is a fault they have and the interviewee saying "I just work too hard"
Sheedy backing Hird...what a joke.
Hird needs to take responsibility and stop blaming everyone else. I could see *don taking him back, because they also haven't taken responsibility, but no other club would go near him.
Sheedy needs to lay off the shiraz.
Hird needs to take responsibility and stop blaming everyone else. I could see *don taking him back, because they also haven't taken responsibility, but no other club would go near him.
Sheedy needs to lay off the shiraz.
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It's a shame that Sheedy has redug this back up.
It's a bigger shame that Hirdy himself dragged the whole saga on so long for himself.
Well here it is; and this is only one occassion where accepts responsibilty for what went on.
Only a fool would think he should accept all responsibility because after all, that wouldn't leave any responsibility on the table for the likes of Weapon, Dank, Reid, Thompson, Goody, Robson, Evans.....
“I have a level of responsibility in that. I should have known more. I should have done more when the opportunity came.
“I feel extremely guilty for that and bad for that. I can only apologise for that. I made decisions in real time that in hindsight, I think were wrong.”
How is Robert Walls is going is he going to tell Bolts that player X "needs a run in the ruck"
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Ignoring the fact that he took no responsibility in the ASADA scandal, was he actually any good? Essendon were horrendously inconsistent when Hird was coach. I remember we played them twice in 2013 in the space of 8 games and they were a 10 goal worse side in the second meeting - and this was before any punishments were handed down and we were getting worse as the season wore on.
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It's pretty remarkable Essendon fans are still defending this guy.
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I'm sure the major sponsor of said club would be absolutely thrilled Kevin.
PR disaster.
I'm sure the major sponsor of said club would be absolutely thrilled Kevin.
PR disaster.
If Hird wants to coach again then he needs to go through the process of gaining trust again. Start in the State leagues and build from there and see where it takes you. I am sure he has a good footy mind and could be an asset to an AFL club down the track??
Quite interesting to read on here the no second chances brigade, we live in a society these days where second, third, fourth and fifth chances are common place in all walks of life. We offer numerous excuses for our young children and our adult children that they deserve a second or third chance.
Quite interesting to read on here the no second chances brigade, we live in a society these days where second, third, fourth and fifth chances are common place in all walks of life. We offer numerous excuses for our young children and our adult children that they deserve a second or third chance.
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I don’t really get the issue here. Sheedy is just batting the breeze and airing his own opinions about serving time etc. presumably prompted by the discussions around shortening the “sandpaper three’s” suspension.
I didn’t know that Hird is outright banned from participation or serving any type of suspension is he?
To return to senior coaching at AFL level would first mean a club would have to consider appointing him. Since that hasn’t happened as far as anyone knows, and doesn’t seem very likely, it’s probably in the category of a bridge that can be either crossed or blown up if and when...
I didn’t know that Hird is outright banned from participation or serving any type of suspension is he?
To return to senior coaching at AFL level would first mean a club would have to consider appointing him. Since that hasn’t happened as far as anyone knows, and doesn’t seem very likely, it’s probably in the category of a bridge that can be either crossed or blown up if and when...
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Yep if he were to take that road & make a success of it, I think most would be fine with that, could respect it even. Entry straight in at AFL level would not be the way to go for anyone, esp James himself.
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Nope, he wasn't very good at it the first time.
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Over the whole thing,I think Hird deserves another chance but no more drugs bs like Geelong.
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